Another full day of judging Hungarian wines. We spent the morning finishing tasting all 300 in our groups of three and then in the afternoon joined together, to retaste all…
In Hungary, day 1
I’m here in Hungary, judging the Pannon Wine Challenge 2012. There’s a nice group of judges this year. Three panels, each led by Hungarians, with two international judges on each….
A serious Hungarian Chardonnay from Grof Buttler
I’m off to Hungary next week, so I thought this would be an appropriate time to blog about this rather stylish Hungarian Chardonnay. It’s from Grof Buttler, a producer I…
Video: tasting three Gewurztraminers
So, here’s a short film. I taste three different Gewurztraminers – from Alsace, Chile and Hungary – and talk about them.
A brief trip to Hungary
Just on my way home for a brief trip to Eger, in Hungary. I was attending a meeting organized by agrochemical company BASF for some of their most important (viticulture)…
Sweet wine season, 10: Royal Tokaji’s mythical Essencia
A mythical wine. So sweet it could hardly ferment at all, made from the free run juice from selected botrytized aszu berries. Drunk from a spoon, too. The Royal Tokaji…